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George conducts a major workshop each year on Maui where he and his guest teachers instruct students in Slack Key techniques. The course offers small group instruction in slack key basics, stylings and techniques, notation and song writing.

George's renowned annual Hawaiian Slack Key Masters Ki ho'alu Workshop, held at the Mauian Hotel on beautiful Napili Bay  is one of the great musical events on the islands today.  The sound of the surf is nearby and there you are, with your guitar, sitting on the grass on a warm Hawaiian night jamming with George Kahumoku Jr, and other slack key greats and teachers.

Slack Key Guitar Staff:
George Kahumoku Jr, Keoki Kahumoku, Ozzie Kotani, Bob Brozman, Dennis Kamakahi, Herb Ohta Jr, Cyril Pahinui, Ledward Kaapana, Kevin Brown and Richard Ho'opi'i (leo ki'eki'e-falsetto).

Culture Staff:
Ku'ulei and Evalani Palakiko (hula for men and women, chanting, Hawaiian language), Edna Farden Bekeart (songwriting), Maile Yepis (lei making).

The cost is $950 + tax for the week. Includes all instruction, practice sessions and kanikapila (nightly jam session), most meals, Masters of Slack Key Concert Tickets, day trip to Kahakuloa, workshop t-shirt, welcome packet with songbook, instructional materials, and goodies. There will be a reduced rate ($450) for a spouse/companion rate for companions observers NOT PARTICIPATING in any hands-on instruction classes. (Again, accommodations are NOT included).

To sign up, please contact Nancy Kahumoku at nancy@kahumoku.com or call 808-249-2125 or fax the registration form to 808-249-2124.

We recommend staying at the Mauian Hotel and making reservations now. Note that your hotel must be booked separately. They require a $100 deposit, refundable up to 2 weeks before the reservation date. 808-669-6205/800-367-5034. Tell Wilma that you will be a workshop participant for a reduced rate. There is a website for The Mauian Hotel in Napili Bay. Many activities will be there, and most of us staying there.

The sessions are as much a cultural immersion as a mere music workshop. The optional visit to the Kahumoku Hale in the Kahakuloa area and the planting of the taro patches is especially unique. We'll make laulau and other great Hawaiian foods. It's an opportunity to discover the deep meanings of aloha.

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Acoustic Guitar Magazine -April 2004
Article about 2003 workshop -by Brian Kluepfel...
 

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